True war and combat stories

The incredible true story of the greatest illusionist of modern times and the man who altered the course of the second world war.

Today Italy is a land of beauty and prosperity but in 1944-45 it had become a place of nightmares, a land of violence, war, and destruction.

El historiador riojano Víctor Hugo Robledo emprende su tarea más difícil: enfrentarse y disipar la "sombra terrible de Facundo" creada por Sarmiento y construir su propia biografía del caudillo riojano.

Ein sehr persönliches, menschliches Zeugnis für Versöhnung und Toleranz.

Im Laufe des Amerikanischen Bürgerkriegs dienen zwischen den Jahren 1861 und 1865 etwa 150.

En este trabajo se analizan dos libros testimoniales sobre las guerras en Colombia, "Siguiendo el corte" y "7 años secuestrado".

Soldiers' Pay William Faulkner - "e;A deft hand has woven this narrative.

Una nueva edición de un documento histórico imprescindible, publicada al cumplirse 35 años de la guerra de Malvinas.

Edith Wharton, the author of classic novels including The Age of Innocence, was an American living in Paris when war broke out in 1914.

Ever wondered what it is like to work in a war zone?

The actions of General Patch's Seventh Army are analysed and assessed in this detailed history of their advance across Europe in 1943-45.

Forward Into Hell, written by a soldier from the ranks, is a candid account of the bloody battle for Mount Longdon during the Falklands War.

Josef “Sepp” Allerberger was the second most successful sniper of the German Wehrmacht and one of the few private soldiers to be honoured with the award of the Knight’s Cross.

Darkly humorous and intensely energised, this fictionalised autobiography is a major work of World War I literature and is e.

Alois Siska was born in Czechoslovakia and learnt to fly.

Set in the context of the Dieppe raid as a whole, Will Fowler studies the contribution of No.

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For fans of The Lost Kingdom, Black Sails and Crossbones comes a new rip-roaring history of the Golden Age of Piracy.

Commando is the all action history of World War II's toughest troops, and is the complete untold story of victory against overwhelming odds.

She was described as the most dangerous woman in Europe by Adolf Hitler; Noel Coward said people who spent any time with her were always reduced to 'gibbering worshippers'; she adored Margaret Thatcher and disliked Germans; she found the French comical and hankered for the old days of Empire and Commonwealth.

Following the success of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and increased 'spy fever', Traitor: British Double Agents covers in detail all the spies known to have acted against Britain from the 1930s to the 1980s.

Lord Kitchener, His Work And His Prestige.

'To read this book is to understand Afghanistan as it exists today.

This is a first-hand account of the authors grandfather, Guy Mainwaring Knocker and his experiences as a pilot in the R.

The conduct of a brave and patriotic woman during the First World War, filled with details of espionage and life in an occupied country.

The conduct of a brave and patriotic woman during the First World War, filled with details of espionage and life in an occupied country.

The posthumous memoirs of a World War II Pathfinder pilot and Distinguished Flying Cross recipient who flew target-marking missions in enemy territory.

The unique and harrowing account of the bloodiest battle of the Falkland War - the 1982 battle for Mount Longdon, as seen through the eyes of eight ordinary Argentine soldiers from the Seventh Infantry Regiment and five British paratroopers.

John Strawson describes joining the 4th Hussars in the Middle East in 1942 and serving with them until amalgamation with the 9th Hussars in 1958 as The Queens Royal Irish Hussars.

I COMMANDED AND FOUGHT WITH 2 PARA AT THE BATTLE OF GOOSE GREEN.

Apart from the quiet chatter of a few mechanics, who were checking that one aircraft was too badly damaged ever to fly again, there was a shocked silence over the aerodrome as everyone there tried to understand the impossible.

A rare memoir of underwater warfare in the treacherous Baltic.

John Howard’s name will forever be linked to the highly successful Pegasus Bridge assault by his glider-born company of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.

Sir John Palmer was at sea for virtually the entire war serving in three ships.

Set in the context of the Dieppe raid as a whole, Will Fowler studies the contribution of No.

With sixteen other POWs, author Charles McCormac broke out from his POW camp in Japanese-occupied Singapore and began a two-thousand-mile escape from Singapore, through the jungles of Indonesia to Australia.

From escape attempts to camp conditions, Behind the Wire offers first-hand accounts of POWs during World War I.

Matthew Hall brings to life the fascinating story of Colonel Martin Herford, the most decorated doctor of World War II, covering his service in the Spanish Civil War until the end of World War II.